Spokesman-Review
National Football League
BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
Tampa Bay 48, New Orleans 40
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, September 9, 2018
Where: Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: John Parry
Attendance: 73038
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Tampa Bay 141710748
New Orleans 101401640
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 11:41
New Orleans TD New Orleans 7 - Tampa Bay 0
Alvin Kamara 5 yd. run (Wil Lutz kick)
1st Quarter - 9:41
Tampa Bay TD New Orleans 7 - Tampa Bay 7
DeSean Jackson 58 yd. pass from Ryan Fitzpatrick (Chandler Catanzaro kick)
1st Quarter - 4:25
New Orleans FG New Orleans 10 - Tampa Bay 7
Wil Lutz 36 yd. field goal
1st Quarter - 1:58
Tampa Bay TD New Orleans 10 - Tampa Bay 14
Ryan Fitzpatrick 3 yd. run (Chandler Catanzaro kick)
2nd Quarter - 14:54
New Orleans TD New Orleans 17 - Tampa Bay 14
Ted Ginn Jr. 28 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Wil Lutz kick)
2nd Quarter - 11:12
Tampa Bay FG New Orleans 17 - Tampa Bay 17
Chandler Catanzaro 33 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 4:42
Tampa Bay TD New Orleans 17 - Tampa Bay 24
Chris Godwin 9 yd. pass from Ryan Fitzpatrick (Chandler Catanzaro kick)
2nd Quarter - 4:27
Tampa Bay TD New Orleans 17 - Tampa Bay 31
Justin Evans 34 yd. fumble recovery (Chandler Catanzaro kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:55
New Orleans TD New Orleans 24 - Tampa Bay 31
Michael Thomas 6 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Wil Lutz kick)
3rd Quarter - 11:24
Tampa Bay FG New Orleans 24 - Tampa Bay 34
Chandler Catanzaro 36 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 2:58
Tampa Bay TD New Orleans 24 - Tampa Bay 41
Mike Evans 50 yd. pass from Ryan Fitzpatrick (Chandler Catanzaro kick)
4th Quarter - 12:19
Tampa Bay TD New Orleans 24 - Tampa Bay 48
DeSean Jackson 36 yd. pass from Ryan Fitzpatrick (Chandler Catanzaro kick)
4th Quarter - 8:54
New Orleans TD New Orleans 32 - Tampa Bay 48
Alvin Kamara 1 yd. run (Alvin Kamara run)
4th Quarter - 3:31
New Orleans TD New Orleans 40 - Tampa Bay 48
Alvin Kamara 7 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Ted Ginn Jr. pass from Drew Brees)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Tampa Bay New Orleans
1st Downs 26 26
Rushing 5 5
Passing 17 19
Penalty 4 2
3rd Down Conversions 8-13 4-9
4th Down Conversions 0-0 1-1
Punts-Average 1-42.0 3-52.0
Return Yards 52 69
Punts-Returns 3-19 1-0
Kickoffs-Returns 2-33 3-69
Int - Returns 0-0 0-0
Penalties-Yards 7-70 8-77
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 2-2
Time of Possession 32:09 27:51
Total Net Yards 529 475
Total Plays 62 59
Average Gain 8.5 8.1
Net Yards Rushing 112 43
Rushes 34 13
Average/Rush 3.3 3.3
Net Yards Passing 417 432
Comp-Att 21-28 37-45
Yards/Pass 14.9 9.4
Sacked-Yards Lost 0-0 1-7
Had Intercepted 0 0
Touchdowns 6 5
Rushing 1 2
Passing 4 3
Other 1 0
Extra Points 6-6 5-5
Field Goals 2-3 1-1
Red Zone Efficiency 2-4-50% 4-5-80%
Goal To Go Efficiency 1-2-50% 1-1-100%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
R. Fitzpatrick 21/28 417 4 0
New Orleans Saints (0-1)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
D. Brees 37/45 439 3 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
P. Barber 19 69 3.6 0 23
R. Fitzpatrick 12 36 3.0 1 12
S. Wilson 1 6 6.0 0 6
J. Rodgers 2 1 0.5 0 3
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
A. Kamara 8 29 3.6 2 10
M. Gillislee 3 9 3.0 0 5
T. Ginn Jr. 1 5 5.0 0 5
J. Williams 1 0 0.0 0 0
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
M. Evans 7 7 147 21.0 1 50
D. Jackson 5 5 146 29.2 2 58
O. Howard 2 2 54 27.0 0 35
C. Godwin 4 3 41 13.7 1 16
A. Humphries 5 3 27 9.0 0 20
J. Rodgers 1 1 2 2.0 0 2
F. Martino 1 0 0 0 0 0
C. Brate 2 0 0 0 0 0
A. Cross 1 0 0 0 0 0
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
M. Thomas 17 16 180 11.2 1 35
A. Kamara 12 9 112 12.4 1 35
T. Ginn Jr. 6 5 68 13.6 1 28
B. Watson 4 4 44 11.0 0 21
A. Carr 2 2 20 10.0 0 11
J. Hill 1 1 15 15.0 0 15
T. Smith 1 0 0 0 0 0
Z. Line 1 0 0 0 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
V. Curry 1.0 7.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
No sacks
Tackles
  Tk Ast
V. Hargreaves 6 1
L. David 6 3
C. Conte 5 2
K. Alexander 5 4
M. Stewart 4 0
J. Evans 4 1
R. Smith 3 0
C. Davis 3 1
V. Curry 1 0
A. Taylor 1 0
G. McCoy 1 2
Tackles
  Tk Ast
M. Williams 5 1
D. Davis 5 3
K. Crawley 4 1
M. Lattimore 3 0
V. Bell 3 1
M. Te'o 3 1
A. Anzalone 3 1
C. Jordan 3 3
P. Robinson 2 0
A. Okafor 2 0
A. Klein 1 1
K. Coleman 1 2
S. Rankins 1 2
T. Davison 1 3
M. Davenport 0 1
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
G. McCoy 1.0
K. Alexander 1.0
V. Curry 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
T. Davison 1.0
A. Klein 1.0
D. Davis 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
C. Godwin 1
Fumbles
  NO.
M. Thomas 1
M. Gillislee 1